CROSS COUNTRY: The Woodlands advances to Nike Cross Nationals

Published 8:08 am, Saturday, November 23, 2013

College Park's Connor Meaux narrowly missed the cut for the Nike Cross Nationals on Saturday, as he finished eighth overall at the South Regional.

College Park's Connor Meaux narrowly missed the cut for the Nike Cross Nationals on Saturday, as he finished eighth overall at the South Regional.

Photo: Courtesy Photo By Ted Bell

CROSS COUNTRY: The Woodlands advances to Nike Cross Nationals

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The Woodlands girls cross country team advanced to the Nike Cross Nationals on Saturday with a second-place finish at the South Regional at Bear Branch Park in The Woodlands.

The Nike Cross South Regional is part of a country-wide series of races that culminates with the Nike Cross National Championships. This year's national competition will be held at Portland Meadows in Portland, Ore., on Dec. 7.

All high school athletes are invited to compete in the regional competitions. The top two squads and the top five individuals advance to the national competition. Four at-large teams will also be selected.

The Lady Highlanders finished with a score of 101, beating out third-place finisher Southlake by six points. New Braunfels won the event with a score of 76.

On the boys’ side, College Park’s Connor Meaux finished eighth overall with a time of 15 minutes, 46.99 seconds. However, he came up just one spot shy of qualifying for Nationals as an individual. The College Park boys finished in fourth place as a team.

The Woodlands boys narrowly missed qualifying for Nationals, finishing in third place, only eight points behind Hebron. Southlake won the event with a score of 90, beating out the rest of the field by 40 points.

The Woodlands and College Park boys still have a chance to be selected to Nationals as at-large teams.